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Sony Admits PSP Update is Genuine
sammykrupa writes "According to a story at The Register, Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation Portable (PSP) updater that leaked onto the web this past weekend is genuine. However, it publicly warned owners of the handheld console not to run the software as it will cause the PSP hardware to stop operating. The updater was "configured" to install a bunch of stuff including a text-to-speech utility, a calculator, web browser, email application and, weirdly, a word processor and spreadsheet tool. If you've already installed this thing and know have a broken PSP, you can send the malfunctioning PSP back to Sony for a repair but the company will charge you for the privilege."
That breaks your PSP, then charges you to fix your PSP after you use it. An ingenious way to reduce the money they are losing on each PSP sale!
Was Sony bought by Microsoft or Something?
The unofficial
Dammit! It's NOT Xbox it was supposed to be xBoX but then they changed it to XboX for that nifty "2 capital X factor" but then marketing said that "X" shouldn't be overemphasised as while Gen X might like it Gen Y might not, in which case it was briefly called the XboY or the YboX, the first smacked of Nintendo and the second sounded like too many extra chromosomes - SO it was switched to xBOx until someone noticed that it made the console look like it might smell bad - finally it was changed to a non-ASCII symbol and referred to as "the console formally known as Xbox(XboX, xBOx, XBOX, YboX, XboY).
Splunge!
Sometimes my arms bend back.
Sell it on eBay? You fool!! Don't you know they track those things!? I drove mine out into the country and put a bullet right between the LCD. Only way to be safe.